Simon Morrison is Professor of Music History at Princeton, where he earned his PhD in musicology. A leading authority on composer Serge Prokofiev, he is the author of The People’s Artist, along with numerous scholarly articles, and features for the New York Times. In 2011, Morrison was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Books in order of publication:
Russian Opera and the Symbolist Movement – 2002
Sergey Prokofiev and His World – 2007
The People’s Artist: Prokofiev’s Soviet Years – 2008
Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev – 2013
Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today – 2016
Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks – 2022
Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer – 2024
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